Summer is here again, which brings us a new crop of interns working across the West as part of Stanford’s Cardinal Quarter initiative for public service.

In 2018, the Bill Lane Center is proud to support 17 outstanding undergraduates, co-terms, and graduate students – a record high for our programs – who will be spending the summer at national parks, nature conservancies, nongovernmental organizations, state regulatory agencies, and research institutes. 2018’s class of interns also includes the 100th intern placed through the Center’s summer internship program, which is now in its 14th year.

Follow their experiences and perspectives on our Out West student blog, which will also feature dispatches from the Stanford Energy Internships in California and Colorado, a program we cosponsor with the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy and Stanford in Government. You can also read more our interns and their interests by clicking the links below. For now, we hope you will join us in wishing them all the best for an adventurous and productive summer.

2018 Energy Interns in California and Colorado

In addition to our 12 interns in the American West, the Center is pleased to sponsor five Stanford Energy Interns in California and Colorado (SEIC). Now in its third year, SEIC places Stanford undergraduate and graduate students in energy-related public service internships in the West. The program seeks to:

Provide Stanford students interested in energy an avenue to participate in a substantive and paid internship with energy-related California government organizations.

Provide California’s agencies with Stanford’s top students and resources.

Promote the spirit of public service to Stanford students and encourage them to consider public policy positions after graduation.

Educate students about the wide range of career opportunities available in state government for energy-related jobs.

Increase connections between Stanford faculty and researchers and California agencies.

This year, the Center is sponsoring two Stanford undergraduates and three graduate students to spend the summer exploring the intersection of energy and policy in the West. Learn more about our fellows:

This summer, follow our interns’ activities on the Out West student blog. During the summer quarter, Center's interns and Research Assistants will be sending in virtual postcards, snapshots and reports on their work at organizations thoughout the West.

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